At a gala in Los Angeles, California attended by Indian-American and other celebrities, Priya Patel from Alabama and Saavan Patel of California were crowned Miss and Mr. India America 2015. Joseph Berg and Anisha Kurukulasuriya won the Mr. & Miss South Asia 2015.
The red carpet event held recently, attracted the likes of actress Annett Mahendru (The Americans), actor Tyler Olson (The Prince, Vice, Jarhead), model Katie Cleary, Hollywood producer Sunil Perkash (Salt, The Enchanted), actor Ken Davitian (Borat), Bravo TV’s Asifa Mirza (Shahs of Sunset), actor Ravi Patel (Grandfathered), model & TV host Jessa Hinton, model/actor Sam Asghari, Screenwriter Bill Kelly (Premonition), actor Asif Ali (Mr. Robinson) Australian singer Katja, actress Nishi Munshi (CW’s The Originals), actress Wedil David (Valentine’s Day), according to an Aug. 19 press release from organizers South Asia Inc.
Miss India America 2014, Punjabi singer and college student from Arizona, Maya Sarihan crowned the newcomer who replaced her.
This year’s winner Priya Patel is a medical student at St George’s Medical School in the Caribbean. Kurukulasuriya is a neuroscience major at University of Southern California and also a dancer.
Mr. India America Saavan Patel is a Bharat Natyam dancer. The other Miss India title winners that night were: Heart Hayes (Miss India Globe 2015), Mayuri Bhandari of Nevada (Miss India Global 2015), Gurleen Kaur (Miss India Galaxy 2015), Jasmine Mann (Miss India North America 2015), and Neeru Sehgal (Miss India California 2015), Tamana Khan (Miss South Asia USA 2015), and Parul Berry (Beauty of India 2015).
For the Mr. India winners: Rohit Agarwal of Minnesota (Mr. India Globe 2015), Prem Rahman of Georgia (Mr. India Global 2015), Saksham Ghai (Mr. India Galaxy 2015), Dilip Reddy of Pennsylvania (Mr. India North America 2015), and Paul Perumal (Mr. India California 2015).
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